Refugees

Refugees and migration

This is an important, indeed and urgent, topical issue – but it is also a longstanding feature of societies that has been handled in many different ways over time and in different locations. While we will identify an historical literature that students can turn to, we also believe it is important for students to think about what History might bring to the table in a discussion with those working from other disciplinary backgrounds such as anthropology, law, political science etc.

In discussion the case of Australia was raised - on which see Catherine Dauvergne, Making Peiole Illegal: What globalization means for migration and law (CUP, 2008).

Week 4: 1.00-2.00 David Hitchcock, University of Kent

Foucault's Discipline and Punish: (Introduction, pp. 16-30, and the conclusion)

David Feldman, 'Settlement and the Law in the Seventeenth Century' in Steven King and Anne Winter, (eds.), Migration, Settlement, and belonging in Europe, 1500-1930s: Comparative Perspectives (New York, 2013). And ‘Afterword.’

Week 7: 1.00-2.00

Diletta Lauro, University of Oxford, Queen Elizabeth House

1) Joseph Carens' (1987) 'Aliens and Citizens: The Case for Open Borders' The Review of Politics,49(2): 251-273 and 2) David Miller's (2007) book chapter 'Immigration and Territorial Rights' in National Responsibility and Global Justice.
2) Two optional readings more specific to the definition of who is a refugee: Andrew E. Shacknove (1985) 'Who is a Refugee' Ethics 95 (1985): 274-284 and J. Hathaway's (1997) 'Is Refugee Status really Elitist? An Answer to the Ethical Challenge'' In Europe and Refugees: A Challenge? (L'Europe et les réfugiés: un défi?), edited by J. Carlier and D. Vanheule, 79-88.

Week 9: 12.15-1.45 Discussion on the contribution of History to the understanding of refugees and migration.

For the discussion for 9th week I am hoping that we can work collectively to identify a range of materials about migration and refugees – such as songs, cartoons, photos, etc, material objects, migratory buildings (from detention centres to travellers inns) etc., - with material coming from across a wide historical and geographical sweep.

Other relevant works include:

Julia Clancy-Smith, Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in the Age of Migration c. 1800-1900 (2011)